#B38CED#B38CED

#B38CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.142 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38CED
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(264, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 34.06, -43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 55.30, 308.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0742 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.142 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2512, 34.4542, 84.4761)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38CED #C6ED8C

analogous

#8C96ED #B38CED #E48CED

triadic

#B38CED #EDB38C #8CEDB3

tetradic

#B38CED #ED8C96 #C6ED8C #8CEDE4

square

#B38CED #ED8C96 #C6ED8C #8CEDE4

split-complementary

#B38CED #EDE48C #96ED8C

monochromatic

#6D22DC #9057E5 #B38CED #D6C1F5 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B38CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B38CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38CED

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38CED	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739EF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9EEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.142 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaef3',
    500: '#b38ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ced;
$custom-light: #cbaef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.124,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71473,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38CED

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D51086

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38CED

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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